Bag display holder



5. C. HOWELL ETAL.

BAG DISPLAY HOLDER Filed March 20, 1940 0 NW0 N w e F 0 N C 7 [up 7 MM JA Z 5 Patented July 1, 1941 BAG DISPLAY HOLDER Bernard. 0. Howell andFrancis E. Melvin, Elwood,

Ind, assignors to Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company, Long Island City, N. Y.,a corporation of New York V Application March 20, 1940, Serial No.324,954

4 Claims.

This invention relates to means for supporting bag holders on adisplay'medium and relates to that type of bag holders constitutingfingers on which are threaded a plurality. of bags for convenientdisplay and dispensing. The invention further relates to that type ofdisplay meanswherein there may be an adjustability of the displaybyselectively employing one or more tiers of bag supports or holders in ademountable manner.

A primary object of the invention is to provide a structure of the aboveindicated type which may bemanufactured and distributed at a relativelylow cost and Whichmay be distributed in arelatively flat form to be setup by the user to give a neat appearing and extremely substantialconstruction. I

In the particular form herein shown, the invention is applied to aneasel type display as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which-Fig. 1 is a front view in elevation of a structure embodying theinvention;

Fig. 2, a side elevation;

Fig. 3, a section on the line 3-3 in Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4, a detail on an enlarged scale in side elevation.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several views inthe drawing.

In the present form of the invention a panel Ill, made out of anysuitable material such as metal, is mounted in an inclined positionpreferably, by any suitable means such as a base I I and an uprightsupport I2. The panel I is provided with a plurality of spaced apartholes I3 in horizontal alignment, a group of these holes being providedat diiferent elevations on the panel as may be desired to accommodate adisplay of bags, one above the other, or for different sizes of bags aswill hereinafter become more apparent.

A plurality of wires or rods I4, herein shown as three in number, arespaced apart in parallel relation by being secured to a spacing bar orrod I5 in any suitable manner, such as by welding. The forward ends ofthese rods I4 are preferably turned downwardly slightly and the rearends are each turned upwardly substantially 90 degrees to give a shortleg l5. From the upper end of the leg I6 each wire is bent rearwardlysubstantially 90 degrees from that leg to provide a short length I! ofthe rod approximately parallel to the major length of the rod. From therear end of that length I! the wire is bent around in a curving mannerto terminate in an upper end portion I8 turned back over the shortlength I! to have the end of the wire spaced a distance r above thelength I! and to be spaced a slight distanee behind the upright leg I6.

A tie bar I9 is placed behind the legs I6 of the rods and isinterconnected therewith by any suitable means, such as by welding. Itis to be noted that this tie rod I9 is placed above the bend between theleg I6 and the rod I l in each instance. This structure so far describedconsists of a rigid assembly of the three rods interconnected'andmaintained in parallel relation one with the other by means of theseinterconnecting bars I5 and I9.

The assembly thus formed may be selectively mounted on the panel II! byentering the rear ends of the individual rods I4 through the re-'spective holes l3 in any one of the horizontally aligned groups thereof.This is done by' first presenting the assembly to have the rods turnedupwardly to some such position as indicated by the dash line position A,Fig. 4, to have the rod ends inserted and carried through the holes l3.The assembly is then rocked around downwardly through the position B tobring the end portion I8 up against the rear side of the panel I0 andfinally the assembly is released to allow it to drop down to the solidline position wherein the bar I9 bears against the front face of thepanel II] as a fulcrum and the upper ends of the wires I4 come intocontact with the rear face of the panel I0 above the holes I3 with thebends between the end portions I8 and the short lengths Il spacedtherebehind. As indicated in Figs. 1 and 2, two assemblies of thesewires I4 are shown mounted on the panel II), it being obvious that oneor more of these assemblies may be employed as desired.

When the wire assemblies are thus mounted on the panel I0, bags (notshown), having suitable perforations therethrough in the usual manner,are hung on the individual rods I4 and by reason of the inclination ofthe panel I0 will bear thereagainst in stacked relation, one in front ofthe other. The downturned front ends of the individual wires I4 are ofconsiderable help in engaging and disengaging the individual bags fromthe wires. The spacing bar I5, while being placed forwardly of the rearbends in the individual wires, is nevertheless sufficiently close tothose bends so as to not interfere with the bags to be supported on therods I4.

While we have herein shown and described our invention in the oneparticular form, it is obvious that structural variations may beemployed without departing from the spirit of the invention and we,therefore, do not desire to be limited to that precise form beyond thelimitations as may be imposed by the following claims.

We claim:

1. For a bag holder, a supporting member wall having a plurality ofhorizontally spaced apart holes therethrough, a plurality of bag carrierrods, and a cross-bar fixed to the rods to hold them in fixed alignmentspaced one from another with the same spacing as said holes, each ofsaid carrier rods having a rear end upturned to form a short leg thenrearwardly turned for a short length and finally turned upwardly andslightly forwardly from that length, whereby the rear ends of the rodsare entered through said holes to have said short lengths extendingthrough the holes with said short legs dropping down therefrom on thefront side of said wall and said final upturned ends extending above theholes on the rear side of the wall and into contact therewith.

2. For a bag holder, a supporting member wall having a plurality ofhorizontally spaced apart holes therethrough, a plurality of bag carrierrods, and a cross-bar fixed to the rods to hold :them in fixed alignmentspaced one from another with the same spacing as said holes, each ofsaid carrier rods having a rear end upturned to form a short leg thenrearwardly turned for a short length and finally turned upwardly andslightly forwardly from that length, whereby the rear ends of the rodsare entered through said holes to have said short lengths extendingthrough the holes with said short legs dropping down therefrom on thefront side of said wall and said final upturned ends extending above theholes on the rear side of the wall and into contact therewith, saidcrossbar being fixed across the rear sides of said legs to space themfrom said wall and. form a fulcrum.

, 3. For a bag holder, a supporting member wall having a pluralityofhorizontally spaced apart holes therethrough, a plurality of bagcarrier rods,

same spacing as said holes, each of said carrier rods having a rear endupturned to form a short leg then rearwardly turned for a short lengthand. finally turned upwardly and slightly forwardly from that length,whereby the rear ends of the rods are entered through said holes to havesaid short lengths extending through the holes with said short legsdropping down therefrom on the front side of said wall and said finalupturned ends extending above the holes on the rear side of the wall andinto contact therewith, said crossbar being fixed across the rear sidesof said legs to space them from said wall and form a fulcrum, and asecond cross-bar extending across and fixed to the underside of saidcarrier bars and spaced forwardly of the bends thereof from which saidlegs extend.

4. For a bag holder, a supporting member wall having a plurality ofhorizontally spaced apart holes therethrough, a plurality of bag carrierrods, and a cross-bar fixed to the rods to hold them in fixed alignmentspaced one from another with the same spacing as said holes, each ofsaid carrier rods having a rear end upturned to form a short leg thenrearwardly turned for a short length and finally turned upwardly andslightly forwardly from that length, whereby the rear ends of the rodsare entered through said holes to have said short lengths extendingthrough the holes with said short legs dropping down therefrom on thefront side of said wall and said final upturned ends extending above theholes on the rear side of the wall and into contact therewith,

said cross-bar being fixed across the rear sides of said legs to spacethem from said wall and form a fulcrum, said carrier bar short lengthsbeing appreciably longer than the thickness of said wall through saidholes.

BERNARD C. HOWELL. FRANCIS F. MELVIN.

